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The social contract ; and, the discourses / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; translated by G.D.H. Cole ; revised and augmented by J.H. Brumfitt and John C. Hall ; with an introduction by Alan Ryan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Everyman's library ; 162. Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf, ©1993Description: lxi, 409 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781857151626 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 320.01 ROU 023114
Contents:
A Discourse on the arts and sciences -- A Discourse on the origin of inequality -- A Discourse on political economy -- The general society of the human race -- The social contract.
Summary: This revised edition of G.D.H. Cole's translation includes an appendix of sections from the first manuscript draft of The Social Contract and the passage in Rousseau's novel Emile in which he summarizes its argument.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages li-liii) and index.

A Discourse on the arts and sciences -- A Discourse on the origin of inequality -- A Discourse on political economy -- The general society of the human race -- The social contract.

This revised edition of G.D.H. Cole's translation includes an appendix of sections from the first manuscript draft of The Social Contract and the passage in Rousseau's novel Emile in which he summarizes its argument.

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